]]>https://jpyatetsky.com/2017/06/16/chicago-public-librarys-youmedia-program-expanding/feed/0jpyatetskyA “Purrfect Literacy Programhttps://jpyatetsky.com/2017/05/08/a-purrfect-literacy-program/
https://jpyatetsky.com/2017/05/08/a-purrfect-literacy-program/#respondTue, 09 May 2017 01:47:58 +0000http://jpyatetsky.com/?p=137Continue reading →]]>My latest article on Public Libraries Online: Looking for a creative way to encourage children’s literacy at your library? Reach out to a local humane society or shelter and develop a program for kids to read to cats. Reading is no longer just for the birds; it’s for the enrichment of both cat and child as well!

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]]>https://jpyatetsky.com/2017/05/08/a-purrfect-literacy-program/feed/0jpyatetskyOpen Source and Open Access: A Perfect Marriagehttps://jpyatetsky.com/2016/12/14/open-source-and-open-access-a-perfect-marriage/
https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/12/14/open-source-and-open-access-a-perfect-marriage/#respondWed, 14 Dec 2016 15:43:44 +0000http://jpyatetsky.com/?p=133My latest article on Public Libraries Online discusses the use of open source technology in public library spaces. Check it out here!

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]]>https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/12/14/open-source-and-open-access-a-perfect-marriage/feed/0jpyatetskyPromoting Health and Fitness Literacy at the Libraryhttps://jpyatetsky.com/2016/11/01/promoting-health-and-fitness-literacy-at-the-library/
https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/11/01/promoting-health-and-fitness-literacy-at-the-library/#respondTue, 01 Nov 2016 21:56:30 +0000http://jpyatetsky.com/?p=127Continue reading →]]>My latest article on Public Libraries Online: Sonoma County Libraries offers fitness and healthy cooking classes in its Healthy Living at your Library series as a way to promote health and fitness literacy. This is a growing trend to look out for!

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]]>https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/11/01/promoting-health-and-fitness-literacy-at-the-library/feed/0jpyatetsky“Illegal Alien,” See “Noncitizen”https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/08/08/illegal-alien-see-noncitizen/
https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/08/08/illegal-alien-see-noncitizen/#respondTue, 09 Aug 2016 03:33:43 +0000http://jpyatetsky.com/?p=122An article I published in June discusses the Library of Congress and the government clashing on terminology. Words are powerful, and apparently political. Check it out here!

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]]>https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/08/08/illegal-alien-see-noncitizen/feed/0jpyatetskyTeleStory Connects Familes at Brooklyn Public Libraryhttps://jpyatetsky.com/2016/07/28/telestory-connects-familes-at-brooklyn-public-library/
https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/07/28/telestory-connects-familes-at-brooklyn-public-library/#respondThu, 28 Jul 2016 19:39:29 +0000http://jpyatetsky.com/?p=117Continue reading →]]>My latest article on Public Libraries Online is up! Check it out, and here is a brief blurb: Public libraries, as part of their public service and outreach initiatives, regularly reach out to the prison community to help reintegrate and reinvigorate the incarcerated, hoping to also lessen the chance of recidivism. The Brooklyn Public Library has taken the matter one step further by opening up a video visitation center in its central location for families of the imprisoned to communicate with each other for free.

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]]>https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/07/28/telestory-connects-familes-at-brooklyn-public-library/feed/0jpyatetskyDo Not Go Gentle into That Gender Neutral Bathroomhttps://jpyatetsky.com/2016/06/09/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-gender-neutral-bathroom/
https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/06/09/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-gender-neutral-bathroom/#respondThu, 09 Jun 2016 13:12:48 +0000http://jpyatetsky.com/?p=112Continue reading →]]>My latest article on Public Libraries Online! On May 3, 2016, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced in a press release the implementation of new guidelines for transgender individuals, which allows for a welcoming and safe environment for all. “For the first time, CPS is providing clear guidance on restroom, locker room and overnight trip accessibility, and establishing support for employees and adults in addition to students.”These momentous changes came ahead of Obama’s administration’s guidance letter on transgender student’s rights sent to school districts on May 13. The language used by the federal government is similar to that of the CPS policy in that it supports the use of all facilities according to an individual’s gender identity, not to their biological sex.

Since 2010, spending cuts have drastically affected public libraries in the United Kingdom, particularly in England.[1] A BBC investigation discovered a startling trend: In the past six years, almost eight thousand paid staff have lost their jobs, which amounts to 25 percent of the total working force. In that same time period, over 340 libraries have closed, with at least another hundred slotted to close in the next year. Additionally, over 170 libraries have been “transferred to community groups,” which means that they are solely run by volunteers. The use of volunteers is the only number that has increased (by fifteen thousand) since 2010.[2] Is this trend signifying the end of UK public libraries?

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]]>https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/04/25/cuts-too-deep-englands-public-libraries-in-trouble/feed/0jpyatetskyTo Charge or Not to Charge? A Tutoring Storyhttps://jpyatetsky.com/2016/03/07/to-charge-or-not-to-charge-a-tutoring-story/
https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/03/07/to-charge-or-not-to-charge-a-tutoring-story/#respondTue, 08 Mar 2016 05:35:35 +0000http://jpyatetsky.com/?p=101Continue reading →]]>The Library Board of the Park Ridge Public Library, in a suburb of Chicago, has enacted a new policy: a $10 per hour fee for using the library space to tutor children. This applies to for-profit as well as not-for-profit tutors.The policy was enacted February 1, 2016, but the hourly fees were not applied until March 1 so that patrons had time to adjust to the new rule.

Read more of my latest article from Public Libraries Online for additional information in this complicated story.

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]]>https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/03/07/to-charge-or-not-to-charge-a-tutoring-story/feed/0jpyatetskyToronto Public Library Installs Book Kiosk at Union Stationhttps://jpyatetsky.com/2016/03/04/toronto-public-library-installs-book-kiosk-at-union-station/
https://jpyatetsky.com/2016/03/04/toronto-public-library-installs-book-kiosk-at-union-station/#respondSat, 05 Mar 2016 04:27:06 +0000http://jpyatetsky.com/?p=96Continue reading →]]>Libraries transform not just by functioning as community centers but also through stepping outside the boundaries of the physical space and joining commuters on their journeys to and from work and travel. The Toronto Public Library is jumping on the bandwagon and is working on transforming its own community by adding a book-lending kiosk in one of its busiest train stations.